Anyway, in spite of all that has happened there is one thing I can say with unwavering confidence: I have no regrets!
The point about having no regrets is for several reasons. First and foremost, its about my approach for the season. I went into this season with a very different way of coaching, God's Way. I wanted to show that it could be done and that it could be successful. I prayed earnestly both before and during about how I was to do this. I know without a shadow of a doubt that everything I did pleased God and that was what I set out to do. I was speaking to someone just after things happened and without even thinking about the following words came out of my mouth, "I know I did things how God wanted me to. I know I brought glory to Him." To which the person replied, "That's all you can do." For this very reason, I have no regrets and nothing anyone says or does can make me think otherwise. Some people may say I did things wrong or things were not good enough, but it wasn't for people I was doing it. I know this is a strange concept in coaching and it might not go over too well with a lot of people but again it is NOT for people I do it. If it were, I could not be sitting here talking about no regrets. I'd be sitting here writing about second guessing myself and wondering what if, but the truth is I am not, and that is because of who I coach for and why I coach. I coach for God. I don't coach for myself, my players, their parents of anyone or anything else. I coach because God has laid a specific call on my life to do so. He has called me to do this and I do it for no other reason but to bring glory to Him and please Him. Ecclesiastes 2:26a says, "To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness." So why wouldn't we want to please Him?
Another reason I have no regrets is the relationship I built with 18 wonderful young ladies and many of the parents. I know many of these will be friendships that last a lifetime. I know God brought each one of these people into my life for a reason. Many of them still stand behind me and support me through this time. That has made things a little easier to swallow. If it were not for their love and support during the season and during this difficult time, things would have been much worse.
Through it all I have been constantly reminding myself, 'ALL FOR HIS GLORY'!! If I didn't believe that life would be much worse.
